Brandon Hill: DB · Pittsburgh · #9.
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Brandon Hill
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three seasons in the Pittsburgh secondary to date. ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 11 tackles against Georgia Tech — Week 5, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
66 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 66 | 39 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 71 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 24 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 161 | 92 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-31vs West Virginia | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 27-34vs No. 24 Tennessee | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-13@ Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs Rhode Island | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-26vs Georgia Tech | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 45-29vs Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-24@ Louisville | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-42@ No. 21 North Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 19-9vs No. 22 Syracuse | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-7@ Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-26vs Duke | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-16@ Miami | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 39 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 12 · 2022
W 28-26
vs Duke
8 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 3 solo tackles
A close one, won by 2 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
66tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL66 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 26-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
43.7%
391 pass / 503 run
Plays / game
68.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
410 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
66 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #286 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Pittsburgh, 161 tackles — drafted at #248 overall by the Houston Texans.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
Next stop · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 4th NFL season
Houston TexansEntering 4th NFL season
